Shingle composition



Patented Dec. 21, 1926.

PATENT @FHCE.

JACOB A. SCHMUITE, 0F CORNING, MISSOURI.

SHIN'GLE COMPOSITION.

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The present invention relates to a composition shingle, adapted for use in covering roofs, houses and the like, and the object of the invention is to provide a shingle or similar device which will be strong and fire proof and which will stand nailing, and will be decorative, and which can be made in a highly economical manner, from material readily obtainable anywhere.

In accordance with the present invention. a dry mixture is first made, from 4 parts of clay, 2 parts of wood ashes and 1 parts of sand. In place of wood ashes, the fine material of coal ashes can also be used, but the same should of course be sifted in order to remove clinkers, slate, etc.

To 100 pounds of the mixture there is added 1 pound of animal hair, and 1 pound of any desired coloring matter, this latter of course being optional and if used, any desired color can be selected. The mixture is then made homogeneous, manner, for example, by tumbling the same in a rotary barrel mixer, and there is added to 100 pounds of the mixture, gallon of linseed oil, to serve as a binder; I call attention to the fact that it is necessary to use only a very small amount of linseed oil, gallon of this being about 41% of the weight of the dry materials. After thoroughly mixing, the mass is run out into a sheet, on a suitable machine, and is subjected to considerable pressure, after which it can in any suitable Application filed June 11, 1924. Serial No. 719,381.

be cut up into suitable sized pieces, or it can be used in large sheets, in a manner similar to the use of tarred paper, for covering roofs and the like.

In forming. the material into sheets and in pressing these sheets, it is advisable to press the material between pressure rollers, under considerable pressure, although of course, any other manner of forming and compressing the sheets can be employed. The parts herein stated, are by Weight.

I claim:

1. A- sheet formed material adapted for use as shingles and the like, comprising as solid ingredients, a major part of clay, a minor part of sand, and an intermediate amount of fine ashes, a small amount of animal hair or other fibrous material of a similar nature, and a small quantity of linseed oil as the sole vehicle or binder, the amount of linseed oil being not substantially above 4% of the Weight ofthe dry materials, such product being compressed into sheet form.

2. A shingle containing as solid matter, by weight, about 54 parts of fine clay, about 27 parts of fine ashes, about parts of sand and about 1 part of fibrous material of the general nature of animal hair, such materials being bound together by about 4: parts of linseed oil and pressed into a sheet.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JACOB A. SOHMUTTE. 

